Camassia cusickii
Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 22: 479. 1887.
Common names: Cusick camas
Endemic
Synonyms: Quamasia cusickii (S. Watson) Coville
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Bulbs clustered, ellipsoid, 2–7 cm diam. Leaves rarely fewer than 10, 2.5–5 dm × 2–5 cm. Inflorescences 50–80 cm; sterile bracts 0, bracts subtending flowers exceeding pedicel. Flowers slightly zygomorphic; tepals withering separately after anthesis, pale blue or bluish violet, each 3 (–5) -veined, 25–35 × 3–5 mm; anthers yellow, 3.5–4 (–5) mm; fruiting pedicel incurving-erect or slightly spreading, 15–25 mm. Capsules not deciduous, light-brown, ovoid or ellipsoid, 15–25 mm. Seeds 5–10 per locule. 2n = 30.
Phenology: Flowering mid–late spring.
Habitat: Hillsides
Elevation: 1000–2000 m
Discussion
Selected References
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Lower Taxa
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herbaceous +
dilated +
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narrow +
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1;several +
sterile +
lanceolate +
tunicate +
clustered +
light-brown +
not deciduous +
Cusick camas +
solid +
fleshy +
slender +
zygomorphic +
single +
capsular +
loculicidal +
bracteate +
racemose +
simple +
whorled +
persistent +
basal +
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Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts +
1887 +
wind-distributed +
black +
lustrous +
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Endemic +
staminodial +
fertile +
capitate +
distinct +
3-lobed +
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Camassia cusickii +
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3(-5)-veined +
bluish violet;pale blue +
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